Green Groups Mobilize Against Alito

WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists declined to join women's groups, civil-rights organizations and gay-rights activists in opposing the nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts. But the green community is mobilizing against the Supreme Court bid of Judge Samuel Alito, citing rulings during his 15 years on the bench that suggest to them a constitutional view that could limit laws on clean air, clean water and similar issues.

"These laws are designed to fix large-scale, national environmental problems," says David Bookbinder,...